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[18Weapons]

had my nephew over last night and he is apparently becoming a video game buff.  The wii tv was occupied because we were watching football so I set him up at the upstairs tv with some of the old consoles N64 and SNES.  He actually played a bunch of the games and only came and got me when he didn't understand what to do.  i had forgotten how old-school games relied on you being able to read so much... seems the games of old are generally more difficult because the gaming user interface has just come so far... I mean with a wii you just point and click... and the systems usually talk to you now-a-days...  funniest part was when the game locked up in super mario world and i told him 'you may want to save your progress occasionally so it doesn't get lost...'  and he's like 'what is "save"?'  haha... i didn't even explain it and just put in another game. 

overall i'd say the games that held up the best graphically were the platform side-scrollers.  these games looked awesome still... and i have them hooked up to a 32" CRT so The Mystical Ninja and Super Mario 64 just looked so fresh.  Unfortunately couldn't get the Top-loader NES rolling because of some wiring difficulties but maybe next year when he visits he'll be ready to "Play with Power"!!! (thundering boom!)"

[ElvisKungFu]

Me and the kids have been playing Super Mario Bros. on the Wii with the classic controller.  Aydan (7) loves it, she is *amazed* at how good I am.  Hehe, I love it when it's easy to amaze your kids.

Up next, original Zelda, Ocarina of Time, and Super Mario 64.  They love it and those games are like $5. word